WABI (Channel 5) reported that University of Maine students and researchers are studying the science of tree ring dating during the 25th annual North American Dendroecological Fieldweek (NADEF) in Acadia National Park. NADEF is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and aims to train students in dendrochronology, or the scientific method of dating […]
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The Associated Press and Maine Public Broadcasting Network reported on a $1.1 million collaborative project involving the University of Maine and four other research institutions in the region that aims to better understand the physical and biological processes that control the abundance of a plankton species essential to the food web of the Northeast coastal […]
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Anne Lichtenwalner, a University of Maine professor, veterinarian and director of UMaine’s Animal Health Laboratory, was featured in the National Geographic article “What’s a ghost moose? How ticks are killing an iconic animal.” Sightings of ghost moose, an animal so irritated by ticks that it rubs off most of its dark brown hair, exposing its […]
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A group of graduating mechanical engineering students — Philip Bean Jr., Matt Harkins, Isaac Walton and Ethan Ray — spoke with Mainebiz about the “autonomous boat” they constructed for their capstone project. The students, all from Maine, said a boat that doesn’t have a human at the wheel could save money in data retrieval for […]
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A 2013 study by Sandra Butler, a University of Maine social work professor, was cited in the Phoenix New Times article, “Will kicking 1,600 off welfare inspire Arizona’s poor to get jobs?” Butler’s study, “TANF Time Limits and Maine Families: Consequences of Withdrawing the Safety Net,” found that Maine’s 60-month lifetime limit for welfare recipients […]
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University of Maine economics professor Todd Gabe’s economic impact studies on Bangor Waterfront Concerts were cited in the Portland Press Herald article “Wave of outdoor concerts signals sonic boom for Portland.” Gabe’s studies found concerts at the Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion in Bangor have drawn at least 300,000 concert-goers and brought $48 million into the local […]
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UMaine students, researchers take part in weeklong science program in Acadia National Park.
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Research finds consumption of soda, including diet, related to metabolic syndrome.
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$1.1M collaborative project looks to better understand abundance of marine copepod in Northeast coastal ocean.
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A Portland Press Herald article on the closing of a substance abuse recovery center in Westbrook mentioned an analysis released by the Maine attorney general’s office and conducted by Marcella Sorg, a research professor of the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center at the University of Maine. Mercy Hospital plans to close the center in part […]
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